Two sparkling tries from centre Tom Hughes and a fine individual effort from Scott Gibson were the highlights of this eight try victory by Ballymena over Instonians in the Ulster Senior Cup. The remaining tries were scored by andrew Warwick, Alan Smyth, Timothy Small, David Whann and John Andrew. Scott Gibson and Niall Martin shared […]
Ards 4ths 12 v Antrim 29 The Black Knights continued their dismal start to their league campaign with a disappointing 29-12 defeat by a strong Antrim 1st xv. The omens were not good from the start when captain Rab Irwin , enjoying an early morning fishing trip to the River Roe, failed to turn up […]
Academy RFC Presidemt – Tom Kerr and 2nd XV Captain Keith Dobbin were presented with the new 2nd XV Kit from The kit was won through Power NI’s rugby kit competition which was spotted by Lee Moody in the local press and brought to the committee’s attention. The new kit will be worn this Saturday […]
Donaghadee 1st XV made the short trip to Shaws Bridge on Saturday to play Cooke in the Kukri Qualifying League. Both teams shared a mixed start to the season however the hosts came into this game off the back of an impressive away win at Ballymoney in the Junior Cup. Donaghadee took the early inititiative […]
Today (sat 20th Oct) was a fantastic for the club with all the teams out playing and returning with some fantastic victories. This morning saw the minis welcoming teams from all over Donegal for a blitz. The rugby displayed by all the teams was immense, with the young players for Finn Valley putting some great […]
Images: Armagh’s winger Josh Morton scored a fine interception try, The Armagh back row combination worked a treat. Power N. Ireland sponsor Armagh Rugby third fifteen. They presented a new kit to the team prior to their game against Holywood seconds on Saturday. Images: Team line up prior to the game and Lesley-Anne Diffin from […]
A beautiful Autumn day and what better way to spend it than playing tag rugby and that’s just what the Bears did down at the Newforge Taggers home ground in Belfast on Sunday. A strong contingent of Bears travelled, joining in to begin with on the Taggers warm up. New and old friends greeted the […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV made it four wins out of five in the League when they overcame Lisburn by 31 points to 20 at Tom Simms Memorial Park on Saturday 20th October. This was another very mixed performance from the young Carrick side. After easing into a very comfortable lead in the first half, […]